The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-15
General and Miscellaneous.

The Chicago & Grand Trunk still adheres to
its determination to sell mileage tickets at $50
per l. 900 miles
The East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia has
surprised its competitors by abolishine second
clasy emgrant and round-trip tickets on its ex-
tensive system of roads.
The Wise nsin Central people insist on con-
tinuing the old second-class fares between Chi
cago. ST. Paul and Minneapolis, much to the
annoyance of competing roads.
There was average of five railroad acct
dents per day in the United States in February,
and it is stated that the average in March, when
the statistics are compiled. will make equally an
unfavorable exhibit.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has
instructed all its agents not to sell through tick
cts over the road which will not join in the COM
bination to pay no commissions to agents. The
order was issued On Wednesday, and will take
effect Immediately.
The recent test of running ordinary freight
trains without slack, which have been made on
the c., b. 81 @. road, have been highly salts
factory. 1t has been demonstrated that close
couplings diminish the shock without imparing
the starting power of the locomotive.
In cities, towns land villages through which
the Canadian Pacific railway and its branches
run, the value of property for assessment pur-
poses has increased to within twenty five mill
ions of the whole addition of the public debt in
consequence of the construction of the road.
The Vanderbilt roads are carrying so per cent
of the east-oound business out of Chicago and
the Pennsylvania lines 30 per cent, and their
competitors studying the problem why the
two systems favored in business. There
is a growing belief that these roads are in some
manner shading rates
Officials of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Com
pany deny that any trouble exists between that
corporation and the Lake Shore g. Michigan
Southern railroad over the latter's interpreta-
ton of the advertisements law. The Penn
sylvania railroad has not received notice of any
cutting of rates by the Lake Shore.
Charles S. Sweet. of Chicago. whom Secretary
Lincoln. at the beginning OF his administration
of the War Department appointed his private
secretary and stenographer, and whom Secre-
tary Endcott has retained in position to this
time has been elected secretary of the Chicago,
Santa Fe & California Railway Company and
assumes his new duties at once.
The chief engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio
road will. on the 23d of this month, award the
contract for the construction of the bridge
the Arthur Kill from New Jersey to Staten
island. From this it would seem that President
ing through to Staten island, which will enable
the B. & o. to handle New York business on
equal footing with its competitors.
The Pennsylvania Company repudiates the
agreement made by general managers of the
granting of differential fares to the weak lines.
the reason given is that the old central traffic
organization is dead and concessions made
before it expired are notn binding. The weak
| lines, both out of Chicago and St. Louis, seem
determined to have the differentals reverthe.
less, and are already instructing Western ticke,
agents to quote the lower rates.